GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

Random words

WordMeaning
virtuosoone who excels in the technique of an art
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
posthumousborn after the death of the father
palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
cedeto yield or grant typically by treaty
affinityrelationship by marriage