GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| occident | west |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |