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 |
|---|---|
| pilfer | steal |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| carefree | free from care: such as |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| rider | one that rides |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |