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 |
|---|---|
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |