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 |
|---|---|
| lax | loose |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |