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 |
|---|---|
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| apprehend | arrest |