GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |