GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| hurl | rush |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| rightful | just |