GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |