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 |
|---|---|
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| provenance | origin |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
