GRE Word List
CELERITY
rapidity of motion or action
The meaning of the word celerity is rapidity of motion or action.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| mendicant | beggar |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |