GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| skimp | skimpy |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |