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 |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| hirsute | hairy |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |