GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| slake | subside |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |