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 |
|---|---|
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| expatriate | banish |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |