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
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kudos | praise given for achievement |
pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
niggle | trifle |
meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |