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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| politic | political |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |