GRE Word List
PERSPICUOUS
(of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments
The meaning of the word perspicuous is (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| criteria | standards used in judging; CF. criterion |
| expedient | suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct); practical; politic(prudent); N: something expedient |
| phylum | major classification, second to kingdom, of plants and animals; category ranking below a kingdom and above a class; division |
| pacifist | one opposed to force; antimilitarist; ADJ. N. pacifism: opposition to war as a means of resolving disputes |
| strident | loud and harsh; insistent; N. stridency |
| omniscient | all-knowing |
| withdrawn | introverted; retiring; remote |
| sleeper | one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable |
| primary | first in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; Ex. primary stages; N. CF. first |
| caricature | distortion; burlesque |
