enervate | enervation
Exam frequency
GRE
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Banks
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Civil Services
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Meaning(s)
make feel weak or without energy
How to Memorize
enervate - weaken
Analysis
If something ‘enervates’ a person, it weakens them or saps their energy. This is typically due to something being tedious or physically or mentally exhausting. It is a formal word that is always used in a negative context.
| Exams | Spoken | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | debilitate,sap,fatigue | ||
| Antonyms | invigorate,energize,animate |
Example(s)
Being out in the hot sun all day was more than enough to enervate me. I need a lie-down!
Working long hours can be financially rewarding, but after a while, it can lead to a sense of enervation.
Her speech was so boring and long-winded that it managed to enervate every person in the room.