GRE Word List
SERE
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sere is being dried and withered.
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| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| ebullient | boiling |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |