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 |
|---|---|
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |