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 |
|---|---|
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |