GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

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WordMeaning
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
pessimisman inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome
cavalcadea procession (see procession
bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
superciliouscoolly and patronizingly haughty
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
headfirstwith the head foremost
slakesubside
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another