GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| romp | one that romps |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |