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 |
|---|---|
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |