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 |
|---|---|
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |