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 |
|---|---|
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| devious | wandering |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |