GRE Word List
RICKETY
affected with rickets
The meaning of the word rickety is affected with rickets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| fleck | streak |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |