GRE Word List
CELERITY
rapidity of motion or action
The meaning of the word celerity is rapidity of motion or action.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| tyranny | oppressive power |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |