GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |