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 |
|---|---|
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| regime | regimen |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |