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 |
|---|---|
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |