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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| postulate | demand |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |