GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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WordMeaning
comportto be fitting : accord
miscellanyseparate writings collected in one volume
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature
kindredof a similar nature or character : like
concordatcompact
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
defiancethe act or an instance of defying : challenge
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
ludicrousamusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity