GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |