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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| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| seasoned | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| elliptical | of, relating to, or shaped like an ellipse |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |