GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| document | proof |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |