GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| ventriloquist | one who uses or is skilled in ventriloquism |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |