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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |