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 |
|---|---|
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| throes | pang |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |