GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| hazard | a source of danger |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |