GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| armada | a fleet of warships |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| imbibe | drink |