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 |
|---|---|
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| leery | suspicious |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |