GRE Word List

BREVITY

shortness of duration

The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.

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WordMeaning
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity
salvagecompensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
triggera piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
repulseto drive or beat back : repel