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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| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |