Vocabulary: GRE words about wordiness and brevity
This study set focuses on vocabulary related to wordiness and brevity, specifically GRE words that describe excessive language or the art of being concise. Ideal for students preparing for the GRE who want to enhance their verbal skills and understanding of nuanced language.
Quiz(32 questions)
1. What does 'succinct' mean?
Terms in this Study Set(32)
Wordiness Terms(16)
verbosity
excessive wordiness
circumlocution
talking around a subject
prolix
long-winded or verbose
redundancy
unnecessary repetition
rambling
lengthy and confused speech
turgid
inflated or swollen in language
garrulous
excessively talkative
loquacious
very talkative
periphrasis
use of indirect language
expatiate
to speak or write at length
lengthy
of considerable duration
wordy
using more words than necessary
verbose
using more words than needed
diffuse
spread out or not concise
expansive
covering a lot of area or content
over-elaborate
excessively detailed
Brevity Terms(16)
Succinct
Briefly and clearly expressed
Terse
Using few words; concise
Pithy
Concise and forcefully expressive
Laconic
Using very few words
Brief
Short in duration or extent
Compact
Closely and neatly packed together; concise
Curt
Rudely brief in speech or manner
Concise
Giving a lot of information clearly and in a few words
Abridged
Shortened, usually in reference to a text
Economical
Using minimal words; efficient
Summarize
To give a brief statement of the main points
Condense
To make something denser or more concise
Précis
A summary or abstract of a text
Brevity
Conciseness in speech or writing
Epigrammatic
Expressing an idea in a clever and concise way
Clipped
Shortened or abbreviated in form
Questions in this Study Set(32)
1. What does 'succinct' mean?
2. What does 'verbosity' mean?
3. Which word means 'using few words'?
4. Which word means 'talking around a subject'?
5. What does 'pithy' mean?
6. In the phrase 'his prolix explanation', what does 'prolix' mean?
7. Which word describes someone who uses very few words?
8. What does 'redundancy' refer to?
9. What does 'concise' mean?
10. Which word means 'lengthy and confused speech'?
11. Which word means 'shortened, usually in reference to a text'?
12. In context, what does 'turgid' mean?
13. What does 'economical' mean in the context of language?
14. What does 'garrulous' mean?
15. Which word means 'to give a brief statement of the main points'?
16. Which word means 'using indirect language'?
17. What does 'condense' mean?
18. What does it mean to 'expatiate'?
19. Which word represents a summary or abstract of a text?
20. In 'the lengthy report', what does 'lengthy' mean?
21. What does 'brevity' mean?
22. Which word means 'using more words than necessary'?
23. Which word means 'expressing an idea in a clever and concise way'?
24. What does 'verbose' mean in a sentence?
25. What does 'clipped' mean in terms of language?
26. Which word means 'spread out or not concise'?
27. Which word means 'closely and neatly packed together; concise'?
28. What does 'expansive' mean in terms of language?
29. What does 'terse' mean?
30. Which word means 'excessively detailed'?
31. What does 'curt' mean?
32. What does 'loquacious' mean?
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