GRE Word List
PERCEPTIVE
responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning
The meaning of the word perceptive is responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning.
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| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| paradigm | example |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
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| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
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