GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
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| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |