GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| dart | a light spear |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |