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
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embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
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sleight | deceitful craftiness |
crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
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aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
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