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.

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comprehendto grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
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munificentvery liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow
abominableworthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter