GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |