GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |