GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |