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 |
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| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |