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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
rescindto take away : remove
groovea long narrow channel or depression
estimablecapable of being estimated
executiveof or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile