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 |
|---|---|
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |