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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |