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 |
|---|---|
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |