GRE Word List
LANGUID
drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
The meaning of the word languid is drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
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| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
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