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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| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
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| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
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| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
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