GRE Word List
ACUITY
keenness of perception
The meaning of the word acuity is keenness of perception.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| hap | happening |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| welter | writhe |