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.

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shama trick that deludes : hoax
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stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
nonentitysomething that does not exist or exists only in the imagination
polaritythe quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles
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reprobationthe act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated
provincialthe superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order