GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| cipher | zero |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| gruel | a thin porridge |