GRE Word List
DURATION
continuance in time
The meaning of the word duration is continuance in time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |