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 |
|---|---|
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| notoriety | the quality or state of being notorious |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |