GRE Word List
ASTUTE
having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever
The meaning of the word astute is having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| overweening | arrogant |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
