GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

Random words

WordMeaning
dubiousunsettled in opinion : doubtful
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
wontaccustomed
executionerone who executes
gentryupper or ruling class : aristocracy
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
sparseof few and scattered elements
explicitfully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent