GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| finery | ornament |
| heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| favoritism | the showing of special favor : partiality |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| wry | twist |