GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| drivel | nonsense |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| anesthetic | of, relating to, or capable of producing anesthesia |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |