GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| concordat | compact |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |