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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| manumit | to release from slavery |