GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fabricate | invent |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| apprehend | arrest |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |