GRE Word List
PROLONG
to lengthen in time : continue
The meaning of the word prolong is to lengthen in time : continue.
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|---|---|
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
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| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |