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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| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| encompass | include |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| bulk | magnitude |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |