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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |