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 |
|---|---|
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |