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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| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |