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 |
|---|---|
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |