GRE Word List
LONGEVITY
a long duration of individual life
The meaning of the word longevity is a long duration of individual life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| hortatory | hortative |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |