GRE Word List

INCISIVE

impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)

The meaning of the word incisive is impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation).

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WordMeaning
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
decorousmarked by propriety and good taste : correct
plightto put or give in pledge : engage
diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
cantthe expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
compartmenta separate division or section
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture