GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| license | permission to act |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |