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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| Word | Meaning |
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| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| gnome | maxim |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| centigrade | relating 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 |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |