GRE Word List
JUDICIOUS
having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment
The meaning of the word judicious is having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |