GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |