GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

Random words

WordMeaning
sinuousof a serpentine or wavy form : winding
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
advertto turn the mind or attention
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
congruentcongruous
remunerativeserving to remunerate
ardoran often restless or transitory warmth of feeling