GRE Word List

DURATION

continuance in time

The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.

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amicablecharacterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
empiricaloriginating in or based on observation or experience
sleightdeceitful craftiness
retiringreserved
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
ramifyto split up into branches or constituent parts
tawnyof the color tawny
migrantone that migrates: such as
lagoona shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water