GRE Word List

DISCRETION

individual choice or judgment

The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.

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preludean introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
alimentaryof or relating to nourishment or nutrition
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
incensematerial used to produce a fragrant odor when burned
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
beelinea straight direct course
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
lollto hang loosely or laxly : droop
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