GRE Word List

ACERBITY

the quality of being acerbic

The meaning of the word acerbity is the quality of being acerbic.

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WordMeaning
rubrican authoritative rule
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
factotuma person having many diverse activities or responsibilities
disbandto break up the organization of : dissolve
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
embodyto give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate
impassivegiving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
saturnineborn under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn