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 |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |
| viand | an item of food |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |