GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |