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 |
|---|---|
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| pending | during |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |