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 |
|---|---|
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
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