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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| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
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| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |