GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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WordMeaning
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
commemorateto call to remembrance
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
hema border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
badgerany of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
deportto send out of the country by legal deportation
machinationsan act of machinating
effluviuman invisible emanation
anomalousinconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular