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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WordMeaning
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
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crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
despondentfeeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression
clientelea body of clients
unerringlycommitting no error : faultless
reciprocateto give and take mutually