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 |
|---|---|
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| growl | rumble |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
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| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |