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 |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| overweening | arrogant |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| shove | to push along |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |