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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|---|---|
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |