GRE Word List

DISCRETION

individual choice or judgment

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

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WordMeaning
aperturean opening or open space : hole
patronizeto act as patron of : provide aid or support for
exhumedisinter
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
fledglinga young bird just fledged (see fledge
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
cartographerone that makes maps
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
humblenot proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive
gustthe sensation of taste