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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WordMeaning
galea strong current of air:
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
defameto harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel
sounda particular auditory impression : tone
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
anguishextreme pain, distress, or anxiety
distractto draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
intimatemarked by a warm friendship developing through long association
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted