GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| fabricate | invent |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| epaulet | something that ornaments or protects the shoulder: such as |