GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convene | to come together in a body |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |