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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| lampoon | satire |
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| armada | a fleet of warships |