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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |