GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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WordMeaning
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
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visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
interiman intervening time : interval
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migrantone that migrates: such as
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion