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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |