GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |