GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |