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 |
|---|---|
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| pitfall | trap |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| cataclysm | flood |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |