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 |
|---|---|
| dilute | attenuate |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |