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 |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| repercussion | reflection |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |