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Word: decrepit

Definition: weak and in bad condition from old age or hard use; Ex. decrepit old chair/man


Sentences Containing 'decrepit'

In a very short time a decrepit figure had emerged from the opium den, and I was walking down the street with Sherlock Holmes.

More Vocab Words

::: unfaltering - steadfast; firm; not changing
::: capitulate - surrender; give up all resistance
::: remonstrate - protest; objection; V. remonstrate: say in protest
::: encroachment - gradual intrusion; Ex. I resent all these encroachments on my valuable time; V. encroach: take another's possessions or right gradually or stealthily; intrude; Ex. encroach on/upon
::: abominate - loathe; hate
::: incantation - singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula; (the saying of) words used in magic; CF. enchant
::: momentum - quantity of motion of a moving body; impetus; moving force
::: carat - (karat) unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold
::: vaunted - boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V. vaunt: boast; brag
::: forge - counterfeit; reproduce fraudulently; form by heating in a forge and hammering into shape; move with a sudden increase of speed or power; Ex. forged ahead in the last two years; N: furnace where metals are heated