GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| spate | freshet |