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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laxloose
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
optimista person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
sustenancemeans of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
breadthdistance from side to side : width
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety