GRE Word List
DECREPITUDE
the quality or state of being decrepit
The meaning of the word decrepitude is the quality or state of being decrepit.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |