GRE Word List

VELOCITY

quickness of motion : speed

The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.

Random words

WordMeaning
treasurewealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded
credencemental acceptance as true or real
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
mediateoccupying a middle position
moodinesssubject to depression : gloomy
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
calumnya misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification