GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |