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.

Word	Meaning
argot	the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group
teetotalism	the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks
pose	to set forth or offer for attention or consideration
pare	to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of
discourse	verbal interchange of ideas
embroider	to ornament with needlework
glean	to gather grain or other produce left by reapers
resolution	the act or process of resolving: such as
empathy	the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
retort	to pay or hurl back : return