GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

Random words

WordMeaning
divaprima donna
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
renovateto restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding)
brandishto shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
disinterto take out of the grave or tomb
rebuketo criticize sharply : reprimand
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation