GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
prank | trick |
dolt | a stupid person |
pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |