GRE Word List

PERSPICACIOUS

of acute mental vision or discernment : keen

The meaning of the word perspicacious is of acute mental vision or discernment : keen.

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pryto look closely or inquisitively
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dissertationan extended usually written treatment of a subject
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
recidivisma tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore
modulateto tune to a key or pitch