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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WordMeaning
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
indiscriminatenot marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment
bellicosefavoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
vanguardthe forefront of an action or movement
construeto analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part)
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness