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 |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| overwhelm | upset |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| clime | climate |