GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |