GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |