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 |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |