GRE Word List

SEAR

being dried and withered

The meaning of the word sear is being dried and withered.

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verdigrisa green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates
lethargicof, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish
smotherto kill by depriving of air
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
agilitythe quality or state of being agile : nimbleness
schemea plan or program of action
tenantone who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
cumbersomeunwieldy because of heaviness and bulk
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans