GRE Word List
ATTENUATE
make thin; weaken
The meaning of the word attenuate is make thin; weaken.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resumption | taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats. |
| suspend | cause to stop for a period; interrupt; hold in abeyance; defer; hang from above; exclude for a period from a position; Ex. suspended state; Ex. suspend judgment; Ex. suspended from the team; N. suspension |
| incumbent | obligatory; imposed as an obligation; currently holding an office; N: person who holds an office |
| epigram | witty thought or saying, usually short |
| unravel | disentangle; solve |
| disparate | basically different; impossible to compare; unrelated |
| microcosm | small representative world; world in miniature; Ex. microcosm of English society |
| servile | slavish; cringing; N. servility |
| pedestal | support or base as for a pillar or statue |
| dichotomy | division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) |
