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
unassailablenot assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
indictto charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law
disputatiousinclined to dispute
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
punyslight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak
equablemarked by lack of variation or change : uniform
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
zephyra breeze from the west
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression