GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| impassioned | filled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| hap | happening |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| consort | associate |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |