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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| exhume | disinter |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| rational | having reason or understanding |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| anemia | a condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |