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 |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |