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 |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| convention | agreement |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| significant | having meaning |
| fulcrum | prop |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |