GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| upright | perpendicular |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |