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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| doddering | feeble |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| trappings | outward signs |
