GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| piscatorial | piscatory |