GRE Word List
DOTAGE
senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage
The meaning of the word dotage is senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stickler | perfectionist; person who insists things be exactly right |
| evanescent | fleeting; vanishing; soon disappearing; V. evanesce |
| malign | speak evil of; bad-mouth(criticize spitefully); defame; ADJ: harmful; Ex. malign influence |
| babble | chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
| ribald | marked by vulgar lewd humor; wanton; profane; N. ribaldry: ribald language or joke |
| shunt | move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N. |
| cognitive | having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing |
| craft | skill (esp. with one's hands); skill in deceiving people; guile; ADJ. crafty: cleverly deceitful; cunning |
| rue | regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful |
| peddle | travel about selling (wares); CF. foot |