GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
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| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
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| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
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| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
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