Choose the word opposite in meaning to ‘terse’:

- A) concise
- B) detailed
- C) expressive
- D) descriptive
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Answer: B) detailed
Explanation
The answer is detailed. Terse describes speech or writing that uses very few words, often to the point of sounding curt. Its opposite is something that spells everything out at length, which is detailed. Concise is close to terse in meaning, so it cannot be the opposite, and expressive and descriptive describe style rather than length.
Asked in: BCS 2018
Topic: Vocabulary