GRE Word List
RICKETY
affected with rickets
The meaning of the word rickety is affected with rickets.
Random words
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dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |