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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| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
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| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| amity | friendship |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |