GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |