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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| digression | the 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 |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |