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 |
|---|---|
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| wanton | merciless |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |