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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
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| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |