GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| retribution | recompense |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |