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.
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|---|---|
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
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| antecede | precede |
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| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
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