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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|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
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| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
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| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
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