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 |
|---|---|
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| precipitant | precipitate |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |