GRE Word List
DISCERNING
showing insight and understanding : discriminating
The meaning of the word discerning is showing insight and understanding : discriminating.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inundate | overwhelm |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |