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 |
|---|---|
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| recast | to cast again |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| pliant | pliable |