GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| charlatan | quack |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |