GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |