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 |
|---|---|
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| opulence | wealth |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
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| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
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| writ | something written : writing |