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 |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |