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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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 |
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