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 |
|---|---|
| portly | dignified |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| unkempt | not combed |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| fulcrum | prop |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |