GRE Word List
DISCRETION
individual choice or judgment
The meaning of the word discretion is individual choice or judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| opus | work |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |