GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |