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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stalwartmarked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit
witherto become dry and sapless
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
memorialserving to preserve remembrance : commemorative
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
maxima general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of