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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transmuteto change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form
concurrentoperating or occurring at the same time
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
preamblean introductory statement
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
rolling(of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments
utopiaa place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
dichotomya division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities