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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| append | attach |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| exegesis | exposition |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |