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 |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |