GRE Word List
ACUITY
sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing)
The meaning of the word acuity is sharpness (of mind or senses of sight or hearing).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trilogy | group of three related works (connected by a shared subject but each complete in itself) |
| profligate | wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy |
| angular | sharp-cornered; having an angle; not rounded (body); bony; lean; gaunt; stiff in manner |
| rabble | mob; noisy crowd |
| unfaltering | steadfast; firm; not changing |
| killjoy | grouch; spoilsport; one who intentionally spoils the pleasure of others |
| courier | messenger |
| cull | pick out from others (to kill the weakest members); reject; select; collect (information); N. |
| infirmity | weakness |
| ironic | expressing irony; occurring in an unexpected and contrary manner |
