GRE Word List
BREVITY
shortness of duration
The meaning of the word brevity is shortness of duration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |