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 |
|---|---|
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| benison | blessing |
| obscure | dark |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |