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 |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| overwhelm | upset |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| recast | to cast again |
| pending | during |