GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blackball | to vote against |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| rider | one that rides |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |