GRE Word List
SEAR
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sear is being dried and withered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| overwhelm | upset |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |