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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equinoxeither of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic
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amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
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