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 |
|---|---|
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |