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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| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |