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 |
|---|---|
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |