GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| prank | trick |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |