GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| condole | grieve |