GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| upright | perpendicular |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |