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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| combustible | capable of combustion |