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 |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| bulk | magnitude |
| tome | book |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |