GRE Word List
ATROPHY
decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
The meaning of the word atrophy is decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| betroth | to promise to marry |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |