GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |