GRE Word List

VELOCITY

quickness of motion : speed

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

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WordMeaning
waiveto relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily
vanguardthe forefront of an action or movement
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
serenitythe quality or state of being serene
downcastlow in spirit : dejected
slackento make less active : slow up
elaborateplanned or carried out with great care
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray