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 |
|---|---|
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| charlatan | quack |