GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| dally | to act playfully |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| spare | not being used |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |