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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sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
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delineateto describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail
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pass_offpresent falsely; represent falsely to be
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hereafterafter this in sequence or in time
disengageto release from something that engages or involves