GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| unscathed | wholly unharmed : not injured |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |