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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| wreak | bring about |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| lush | growing vigorously especially with luxuriant foliage |
| cataclysm | flood |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |