GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| plane | airplane |