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 |
|---|---|
| ravenous | rapacious |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |