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 |
|---|---|
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |