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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WordMeaning
adroithaving or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations
wearyexhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
nondescriptbelonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation