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 |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |