GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |