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 |
|---|---|
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| pummel | pound |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| hallowed | holy |
| deify | to make a god of |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |