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 |
|---|---|
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |