GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| collate | to compare critically |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| mischance | bad luck |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| gazette | newspaper |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |