GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| betray | to lead astray |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |