GRE Word List
EMASCULATE
to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
The meaning of the word emasculate is to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| haggard | not tamed |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |