GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |