GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |