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 |
|---|---|
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| guy | man |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |