GRE Word List
DECADENCE
the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
The meaning of the word decadence is the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| husband | a male partner in a marriage |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |