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 |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |