GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |