GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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fabricateinvent
satyra sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry
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apprehendarrest
rescindto take away : remove
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
premisea proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference
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