GRE Word List
VELOCITY
quickness of motion : speed
The meaning of the word velocity is quickness of motion : speed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |