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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dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |