GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |