GRE Word List
ACUTE
characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset
The meaning of the word acute is characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exegesis | exposition |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |