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 |
|---|---|
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |