GRE Word List
RICKETY
affected with rickets
The meaning of the word rickety is affected with rickets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| enhance | heighten |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |