GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| foppish | foolish |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |