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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refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
plumagethe feathers of a bird
cullto select from a group : choose
obfuscateto throw into shadow : darken
detainto hold or keep in or as if in custody
stumbleto fall into sin or waywardness
orthodoxconforming to established doctrine especially in religion
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death