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 |
|---|---|
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| regal | of, relating to, or suitable for a king |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |