His terse marginal comment about the missing units identified the error that four readers had overlooked.
他在页边关于单位缺失的简短批注，指出了四位读者都忽略的错误。
Which choice best defines “terse”?
C — Brief and to the point; curt.. “terse” means Brief and to the point; curt..
Which word means “Brief and to the point; curt.”?
D — terse. “terse” means Brief and to the point; curt..
terse — Brief and to the point; curt.. In Chinese: 简洁的；简短生硬的.
terse is pronounced //tɜːs//.
His terse marginal comment about the missing units identified the error that four readers had overlooked. (他在页边关于单位缺失的简短批注，指出了四位读者都忽略的错误。)
curt, succinct, clipped — all close in meaning to terse (Brief and to the point; curt.).
wordy, expansive — each the opposite of terse (Brief and to the point; curt.).
Yes. terse is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
terse → 言简意赅。