GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disport | sport |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |