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 |
|---|---|
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| betray | to lead astray |
| 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 |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| demure | reserved |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |