GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| courier | messenger |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |