GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |