GRE Word List
DISTINCTION
the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
The meaning of the word distinction is the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
swill | wash |
immobility | not moving : motionless |
ordain | to invest (see invest |
ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |