GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
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|---|---|
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| invalid | not valid: |
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| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
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