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 |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |