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 |
|---|---|
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |