GRE Word List
DISCRETE
constituting a separate entity : individually distinct
The meaning of the word discrete is constituting a separate entity : individually distinct.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| refrain | curb |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |