GRE vocabulary
concise
expressing much in few words; brief and clear
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Questions about “concise”
Concise (adjective) means expressing much in few words; brief and clear
Here is concise used in an example sentence: "The memo was concise, summarizing the plan in three sentences."
Common synonyms for concise include succinct, terse, pithy, compact.
Antonyms of concise include verbose, rambling, wordy.
Concise is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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