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 |
|---|---|
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| peerless | matchless |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| residual | remainder |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |