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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| propitious | favorably disposed : benevolent |
| finery | ornament |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| drip | to let fall in drops |