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 |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| license | permission to act |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| rift | fissure |
| mortar | a sturdy vessel in which material is pounded or rubbed with a pestle |