GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| mediate | occupying a middle position |