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 |
|---|---|
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
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| redress | to set right : remedy |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
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| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |