GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| clapper | one that claps: such as |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| appease | pacify |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |