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 |
|---|---|
| whittle | a large knife |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
