GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
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|---|---|
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |