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.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
opulence | wealth |
converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |