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 |
|---|---|
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| demerit | offense |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |