GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| rostrum | an ancient Roman platform for public orators |
| puerile | juvenile |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |