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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hallowed | holy |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |