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 |
|---|---|
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| plane | airplane |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |