GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |