GRE Word List
DISCERNING
showing insight and understanding : discriminating
The meaning of the word discerning is showing insight and understanding : discriminating.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| onus | burden |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| raspy | harsh |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |