GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |