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 |
|---|---|
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| congenial | pleasant |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| seemly | good-looking |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |