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
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| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |