GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diva | prima donna |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |