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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| eventual | contingent |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |