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 |
|---|---|
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| exegesis | exposition |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |