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

WordMeaning
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
withholdto hold back from action : check
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
billowwave
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staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
tepidmoderately warm : lukewarm
apothegma short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate
noveltysomething new or unusual