GRE Word List
CAPTIOUS
marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
The meaning of the word captious is marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| putrefy | to make putrid |