GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| growl | rumble |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |