GRE Word List
DECREPIT
wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
The meaning of the word decrepit is wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| rift | fissure |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |