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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| engender | beget |