GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |