GRE Word List
TERSE
using few words : devoid of superfluity
The meaning of the word terse is using few words : devoid of superfluity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| pliant | pliable |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| fiend | devil |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |