GRE Word List
DEARTH
scarcity that makes dear
The meaning of the word dearth is scarcity that makes dear.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| realm | kingdom |
| unsavory | insipid |