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 |
|---|---|
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |