GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |