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 |
|---|---|
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
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| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
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