GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |