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 |
|---|---|
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| poise | balance |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |