GRE Word List
SEAR
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sear is being dried and withered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |