GRE Word List
OBTUSE
not pointed or acute : blunt
The meaning of the word obtuse is not pointed or acute : blunt.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| coin | corner |
| exhume | disinter |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
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