Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

terse

 

brief and to the point, succinct

 

Teachers, whose evenings and weekends ought to consist of more than correcting papers and sleeping, must at times insist on terse responses to test questions.

 

Related English word: terseness

 

Latin root word: tergeo, tergere, tersi, tersus - to wipe off, wipe clean

 

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