GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |