GRE Word List
GERIATRICS
a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people
The meaning of the word geriatrics is a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people.
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| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| retribution | recompense |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |