GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| mischance | bad luck |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |