GRE Word List

ENTERPRISING

marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act

The meaning of the word enterprising is marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act.

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verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
igniteto set afire
smughighly self-satisfied
asymmetrichaving two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
fouloffensive to the senses : loathsome
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
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entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
enactto establish by legal and authoritative act