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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purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
inveigleto win over by wiles : entice
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
alcovea small recessed section of a room : nook