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 |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| fleck | streak |
| dint | force |