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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |