GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| quarry | game |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| sentinel | sentry |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |