GRE Word List
DILAPIDATED
decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse
The meaning of the word dilapidated is decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |