GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

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WordMeaning
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
belaborto attack verbally
recastto cast again
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
slanderto utter slander against : defame
libidoinstinctual 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
smarthaving or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent
bludgeona short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon
incursiona hostile entrance into a territory : raid