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 |
|---|---|
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |