GRE Word List

PERSPICUOUS

plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation

The meaning of the word perspicuous is plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation.

Random words

WordMeaning
jostleto come in contact or into collision
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
copiousyielding something abundantly
ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling
fineryornament
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
affectedartificial; pretended
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
depredationto lay waste : plunder