GRE Word List
CONCISE
marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
The meaning of the word concise is marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |