GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| susceptible | capable of submitting to an action, process, or operation |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |