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 |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
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| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |