GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
immune | not susceptible or responsive |
doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
solicitor | one that solicits |
prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |