GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| junket | trip |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |