GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |