GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| schism | division |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| relish | characteristic flavor |