GRE Word List
LONGEVITY
a long duration of individual life
The meaning of the word longevity is a long duration of individual life.
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|---|---|
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |