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 |
|---|---|
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
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| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| palpitate | to beat rapidly and strongly : throb |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
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| supplicant | one who supplicates |
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