GRE Word List

DISCRETION

individual choice or judgment

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

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homeostasisa 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
exemplarydeserving imitation : commendable
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
perimeterthe boundary of a closed plane figure
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
paleontologya science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains
maladroitlacking adroitness : inept
penitentfeeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant
sanguinarybloodthirsty
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end