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 |
|---|---|
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |