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 |
|---|---|
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| microcosm | a little world |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |