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 |
|---|---|
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| eventual | contingent |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| lampoon | satire |