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 |
|---|---|
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| fell | skin |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |