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 |
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mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |