GRE Word List
DISTINCTION
honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction
The meaning of the word distinction is honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hurl | throw forcefully; shout out violently |
| lope | gallop slowly |
| uproarious | marked by commotion or uproar; very noisy (esp. with laughter); hilarious; causing loud laughter; extremely funny |
| catalyst | agent which brings about a chemical change while it remains unaffected and unchanged; CF. catalysis |
| suture | stitches sewn to hold the cut edges of a wound or incision; material used in sewing; V: sew together a wound |
| pandemonium | wild tumult(commotion); wild noisy disorder; CF. Paradise Lost |
| leonine | like a lion |
| zealot | one who is zealous; fanatic; person who shows excessive zeal |
| occult | mysterious; secret; supernatural; beyond human comprehension; CF. mysterious to human ?; OP. bare |
| frolicsome | prankish; gay; playful; merry; frisky |
