GRE Word List
ACUMEN
keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters
The meaning of the word acumen is keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |