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 |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| audit | a formal examination of an organization's or individual's accounts or financial situation |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |