GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |