GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| schism | division |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |