GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| sentinel | sentry |
| anarchy | absence of government |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |