GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| indite | make up |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| fell | skin |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |