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

WordMeaning
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
exhaleto rise or be given off as vapor
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
bateto reduce the force or intensity of : restrain
inferto derive as a conclusion from facts or premises
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
uprightperpendicular