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 |
|---|---|
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |