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 |
|---|---|
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| render | to melt down |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |