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 |
|---|---|
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| intermediary | mediator |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |