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 |
|---|---|
| canny | clever |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
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| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
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