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 |
|---|---|
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |