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 |
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| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
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| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
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