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 |
|---|---|
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| residual | remainder |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| warranted | sanction |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| encumber | weigh down |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |