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 |
|---|---|
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |