GRE Word List
DOTAGE
a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness
The meaning of the word dotage is a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| pungent | sharply painful |