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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |