GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |