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 |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |