She gave a terse reply to his question.
她对他的问题给出了简洁的回答。
Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to “terse”: The teacher''s feedback was very terse, providing only the essential points without any additional comments.
C — concise. “terse” means adj. Brief and concise; laconic
His ______ reply of a single word ended the whole conversation at once.
D — terse. “terse” means adj. Brief and concise; laconic
terse — adj. Brief and concise; laconic. In Chinese: 简洁的，精炼的.
terse is pronounced /tɜːrs/. It breaks into 1 syllable: terse.
She gave a terse reply to his question. (她对他的问题给出了简洁的回答。)
concise, brief, succinct — all close in meaning to terse (adj. Brief and concise; laconic).
Yes. terse appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
ters (clean, Latin tergere) → concise, refined.