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 |
|---|---|
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| verge | brink |
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| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |