GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |