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 |
|---|---|
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| docile | easily taught |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| condign | deserved |