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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |