GRE Word List
TERSE
concise; abrupt; pithy
The meaning of the word terse is concise; abrupt; pithy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elaboration | addition of details; intricacy |
| pry | inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying |
| circumscribe | limit; confine; draw a line around |
| quisling | traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling |
| argot | slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people |
| intrinsic | essential; inherent; built-in |
| elegy | poem or song expressing lamentation (for the dead); ADJ. elegiacal, elegiac |
| defeatist | resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism |
| pervert | corrupt; turn from right to wrong; misuse; Ex. perverted sexual desire/scientific knowledge; N: person whose sexual behavior is not natural |
| pushy | disagreeably aggressive |
