GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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WordMeaning
genuflectto bend the knee
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
afterlifean existence after death
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
revelrynoisy partying or merrymaking
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure