GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| niggle | trifle |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |