GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| unsavory | insipid |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |