GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |