GRE Word List

DEARTH

scarcity that makes dear

The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.

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WordMeaning
peregrinationto travel especially on foot : walk
tricksterone who tricks: such as
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
douseto plunge into water
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
serebeing dried and withered
distendextend
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover