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 |
|---|---|
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |