GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| blackball | to vote against |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |