Vocabulary Word
Word: concise
Definition: brief and compact
Definition: brief and compact
Sentences Containing 'concise'
A short dialogue on the subject of the country ensued, on either side calm and concise and soon put an end to by the entrance of Charlotte and her sister, just returned from her walk.
There is, in Dr. Tillotson's writings, an argument against the _real presence_, which is as concise, and elegant, and strong as any argument can possibly be supposed against a doctrine, so little worthy of a serious refutation.
More Vocab Words
::: confidence - self-assurance; calm unworried feeling based on a strong belief in one's abilities; strong belief in the ability of a person or plan; trust or faith in a person or thing; something confided; secret; Ex. confidence in your ability; Ex. I'm telling you this in confidence; Ex. exchange confidences about their boyfriends; ADJ. confident::: execrable - very bad; detestable
::: malefactor - evildoer; criminal
::: scanty - meager; insufficient
::: scholarly - full of learning; erudite; like a scholar; Ex. scholarly journal
::: impediment - hindrance; stumbling-block; speech defect preventing clear articulation; Ex. speech impediment
::: vicar - parish priest; representative
::: obsessive - related to thinking about something constantly; of an obsession; preoccupying; N. obsession: compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea; compulsive idea; V. obsess: preoccupy the mind of excessively
::: metropolis - large city
::: cringe - shrink back as if in fear; cower
