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 |
|---|---|
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |