GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warranted | sanction |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |