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 |
|---|---|
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |