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 |
|---|---|
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |