GRE Word List
PERSPICUITY
plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
The meaning of the word perspicuity is plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retribution | recompense |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| prattle | prate |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |