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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| regime | regimen |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |