GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |