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 |
|---|---|
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| exude | to ooze out |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| provident | frugal |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |