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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |