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 |
|---|---|
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| lumen | the cavity of a tubular organ or part |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |