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 |
|---|---|
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| whimsy | whim |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |