GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

Random words

WordMeaning
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
sledgesledgehammer
meddlesomegiven to meddling
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
negateto deny the existence or truth of
curban edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter
nauseateto become affected with nausea
sartorialof or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
buttressa projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building