GRE Word List
WAN
suggestive of poor health : sickly
The meaning of the word wan is suggestive of poor health : sickly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| natal | native |