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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |