GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |