GRE Word List
TERSE
using few words : devoid of superfluity
The meaning of the word terse is using few words : devoid of superfluity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| executor | one who executes something |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |