GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| schism | division |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| fester | to generate pus |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |