GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| wont | accustomed |
| executioner | one who executes |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |