GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

Random words

WordMeaning
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
doggerelloosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
pranktrick
dolta stupid person
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
bravadoblustering swaggering conduct
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning