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 |
|---|---|
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |