perspicuous
/pur-SPIK-yoo-us/adjectiveclearly expressed and easy to understand
“The proof is perspicuous enough for a first-year student.”
- Synonyms
- lucid, clear, intelligible
- Antonyms
- opaque, obscure
- Root
- spec- (look)
- Memory hook
- per + spic (look): writing you can see straight through.
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