GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| drivel | nonsense |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |