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 |
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| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
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