GRE Word List

ADDLE

rotten

The meaning of the word addle is rotten.

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gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
matriarcha woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
relinquishto withdraw or retreat from : leave behind
forfeitsomething forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
raila bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier
acousticsa science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
wizenedto become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
resourcefulable to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means