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 |
|---|---|
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| steep | lofty |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |