GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

Random words

WordMeaning
espousemarry
sybaritevoluptuary
defaultfailure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
impenetrableincapable of being penetrated or pierced
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
pastichea literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work
expenditurethe act or process of expending
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage