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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counterpartone of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
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deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
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herbivorousfeeding on plants
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ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning