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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
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| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |