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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| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |