GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| viable | capable of living |
| euphoria | a feeling of well-being or elation |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |