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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| canine | a conical pointed tooth |