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 |
|---|---|
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |