GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| provident | frugal |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| fuddle | booze |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |