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 |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
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| braid | to make from braids |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |