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 |
|---|---|
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| creep | to move along with the body prone and close to the ground |
| grudging | unwilling |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |