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

WordMeaning
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
discourseverbal interchange of ideas
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
bedraggleto wet thoroughly