GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premonitory | giving warning |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |