GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |