GRE Word List
LANGUISH
to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated
The meaning of the word languish is to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |