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 |
|---|---|
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| throes | pang |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |