GRE Word List
LANGUISH
lose animation or strength
The meaning of the word languish is lose animation or strength.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jurisprudence | science of law |
| malingerer | one who feigns illness to escape duty; V. malinger: feign illness to avoid work |
| agog | highly excited; intensely curious |
| fissure | crevice; crack |
| masticate | chew |
| solicit | entreat; request earnestly; seek to obtain; Ex. solicit votes; CF. solicitor: one who solicits; chief law officer |
| crave | desire; want intensely |
| tan | convert (hide) into leather; make brown by exposure to the sun |
| nubile | marriageable; of marriageable age; CF. connubial |
| seedy | run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel |
