GRE Word List

VELOCITY

quickness of motion : speed

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

Random words

WordMeaning
offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
stampto pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
stratageman artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy
vendettablood feud
inaugurateto induct into an office with suitable ceremonies
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
centaurany of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly
attestto affirm to be true or genuine