GRE Word List
EMACIATED
very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
The meaning of the word emaciated is very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |