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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| billow | wave |
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| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| novelty | something new or unusual |