GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| fleck | streak |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |