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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
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| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| cunning | dexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |