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 |
|---|---|
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| antiquity | ancient times |