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 |
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expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
catechism | oral instruction |
ignite | to set afire |
mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |