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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| contrive | devise |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| residual | remainder |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |