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 |
|---|---|
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |