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 |
|---|---|
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| pending | during |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| residual | remainder |
| beguile | hoodwink |