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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| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| galley | a ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars: such as |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |