GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| recast | to cast again |
| gnarl | snarl |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |