GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |