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 |
|---|---|
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |