GRE Word List
PROLONG
to lengthen in time : continue
The meaning of the word prolong is to lengthen in time : continue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| gnome | maxim |
| skimp | skimpy |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |