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 |
|---|---|
| courier | messenger |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| venue | locale |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| enhance | heighten |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| purported | reputed |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |