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 |
|---|---|
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |