GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poise | balance |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| clown | farmer |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
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| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |