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 |
|---|---|
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| growl | rumble |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |