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

WordMeaning
divestto deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title
serebeing dried and withered
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
draughta 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
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities
gallbrazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence
dronea stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen
sequesterto set apart : segregate
consecratededicated to a sacred purpose
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism