GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |