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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| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
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| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
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