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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |