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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| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |