GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| paramour | lover |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |