judicious
joo-DISH-usadjMeaning showing good, sensible judgment
Memory hook JUDGE-icious: weigh it like a JUDGE. Zoe weighs her choices like a fair judge before spending her birthday money, and picks the book she will read a hundred times: she is judicious.
A judicious pinch of salt turned the bland soup into a delicious one.
In context The coach made judicious changes at halftime, resting her tired players and moving her fastest runner to defense, and the team held on to win.
Similar wise, sensible, prudent, sound
Opposite rash, unwise, foolish
From French judicieux, from Latin judicium (judgment).