GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| zephyr | a breeze from the west |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| amend | to put right |