GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

Random words

WordMeaning
armadaa fleet of warships
apogeethe point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth
steadfastfirmly fixed in place : immovable
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
undermineto subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly
imbibedrink