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 |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| ramification | branch |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |