GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| impinge | encroach |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| sear | being dried and withered |