GRE Word List
MACERATE
to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
The meaning of the word macerate is to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
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| forlorn | bereft |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| reverberate | reflect |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
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