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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| evenhanded | fair |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |