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 |
|---|---|
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |