GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venison | the edible flesh of a game animal and especially a deer |
| savant | a person of learning |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| schism | division |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |