GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| opulence | wealth |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |