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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accordto grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned
environencircle
luxuriantyielding abundantly : fertile
sourbeing, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
imperialof, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor
anachronisman error in chronology
cantoone of the major divisions of a long poem
gesticulationthe act of making gestures