GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| recast | to cast again |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |