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 |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| malefactor | one who commits an offense against the law |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |