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 |
|---|---|
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
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| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |