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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|---|---|
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| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
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| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
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| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |