GRE Word List
SHREWD
marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
The meaning of the word shrewd is marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| stench | stink |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| overweening | arrogant |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |