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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ovationa ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
inexorablenot to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless
singularof or relating to a separate person or thing : individual
trepidationa nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension
debonairsuave
magnatea person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area
thriveto grow vigorously : flourish