GRE Word List
SEAR
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sear is being dried and withered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| enhance | heighten |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |