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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crone | a cruel or ugly old woman |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
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