GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| meander | a winding path or course |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |