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 |
|---|---|
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| overthrow | overturn |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |