GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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WordMeaning
carafea bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
inditemake up
alimonyan allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
fellskin
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
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absolutefree from imperfection : perfect
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
spoilsportone who spoils the sport or pleasure of others