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 |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |