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 |
|---|---|
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| lag | one that lags or is last |