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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flightyswift
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captiousmarked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections
culpritone accused of or charged with a crime
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
mediocreof moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary
finitehaving definite or definable limits