Sentence:  Having attempted to identify a role for the society and its magazine, Quest, "for the next 40 years", the society chairman, Rhea Williams, decided it was time to close. She announced the group's demise in a <WSD>terse</WSD> message to members following the annual meeting, which just 22 people attended. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.