GRE Word List
INFIRMITY
the quality or state of being infirm
The meaning of the word infirmity is the quality or state of being infirm.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| noisome | noxious |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| poise | balance |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |