GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |