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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
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| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
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| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
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