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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |