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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WordMeaning
enterprisingmarked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
denigrateto attack the reputation of : defame
pernicioushighly injurious or destructive : deadly
repellentserving or tending to drive away or ward off
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
wantonmerciless
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission