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 |
|---|---|
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| fabricate | invent |
| condole | grieve |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| realm | kingdom |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |