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 |
|---|---|
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| endue | provide |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |