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 |
|---|---|
| brink | edge |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| recast | to cast again |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |