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 |
|---|---|
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| edifice | building |