GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |