TERSE

(adj.) brief and to the point; effectively cut short
"a crisp retort", "a response so curt as to be almost rude", "the laconic reply; `yes'", "short and terse and easy to understand"
synonyms : crisp , curt , laconic
the sportscaster's color commentary tends to be laconic but very much to the point -added by nithi

Mnemonics for terse

(Tag: ) terse...sounds like TERESA..Here all her achievements,efforts everything has been consolidated, confined and put into a single word "MOTHER"..So TERSE means brief,concise
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(Tag: ) TERSE rhymes with VERSE.jus a verse is always CONCISE and PITHY
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(Tag: english) write mother teresa as terse....so u r riting concise and brief!
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(Tag: ) TEARse....when you tear your cloth it becomes brief,concise...
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(Tag: ) Terse is when you Converse in a curt or concise manner.
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(Tag: English) Time spent in a hearse is brief by comparison.
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