GRE Word List
EMASCULATE
weaken; castrate
The meaning of the word emasculate is weaken; castrate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| combustible | easily burned; N. CF. combustion |
| ruminant | animal that ruminates; ADJ. |
| vampire | ghostly being that sucks the blood of the living |
| talon | claw of bird |
| filch | steal (things of small value) |
| balk | stop short, as if faced with an obstacle, and refuse to continue; foil; stop or get in the way of; frustrate |
| sententious | pithy; terse; concise; aphoristic |
| denizen | (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor |
| prognosis | forecasted course of a disease; prediction; CF. prognostic |
| postulate | self-evident truth; something assumed without proof; V: assume the truth of (as a basis of an argument) |