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 |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |