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 |
|---|---|
| romp | one that romps |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |