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 |
|---|---|
| license | permission to act |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| unkempt | not combed |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |