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 |
|---|---|
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |