GRE Word List

LACONIC

using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious

The meaning of the word laconic is using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious.

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swerveto turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate
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quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
jibeto be in accord : agree
clipencompass
rakean implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity