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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |