GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

Random words

WordMeaning
tolla tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge)
succulentfull of juice : juicy
servileof or befitting a menial position
expansivehaving a capacity or a tendency to expand
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
indolentaverse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
penetrateto pass into or through
pluckto pull or pick off or out
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)