GRE Word List
AUSTERE
stern and cold in appearance or manner
The meaning of the word austere is stern and cold in appearance or manner.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| fiend | devil |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| portly | dignified |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |