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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plane | airplane |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |