GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| pummel | pound |