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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| warranted | sanction |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| demure | reserved |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| outlook | a place offering a view |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |