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 |
|---|---|
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |