GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| contest | strive |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| dint | force |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |