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 |
|---|---|
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| 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") |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |