GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

Random words

WordMeaning
dominantcommanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others
deviouswandering
siftto put through a sieve
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
cohereto hold together firmly as parts of the same mass
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
arborealof, relating to, or resembling a tree
consortassociate