GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| concatenate | linked together |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |