GRE vocabulary
senescent
growing old, undergoing the process of aging and decline
In a sentence
Senescent in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing senescent in a sentence.
The senescent cells gradually lost their ability to divide.
Synonyms
agingdecliningdecaying
Antonyms
youthfulrejuvenatedvigorous
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Common questions
Questions about “senescent”
Senescent (adjective) means growing old, undergoing the process of aging and decline
Here is senescent used in an example sentence: "The senescent cells gradually lost their ability to divide."
Common synonyms for senescent include aging, declining, decaying.
Antonyms of senescent include youthful, rejuvenated, vigorous.
Senescent is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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