GRE Word List
GERONTOLOGY
the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics
The meaning of the word gerontology is the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| fulcrum | prop |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |