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 |
|---|---|
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |