GRE Word List
SEVERITY
the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
The meaning of the word severity is the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |
| irate | roused to ire |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |