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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matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
apathylack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
ostracizeto exile by ostracism
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
neophytea new convert : proselyte
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince