GRE Word List
DISCRETE
constituting a separate entity : individually distinct
The meaning of the word discrete is constituting a separate entity : individually distinct.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| dull | tedious |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |