GRE Word List

SERE

being dried and withered

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

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WordMeaning
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
coagulateto cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle
abstrusedifficult to comprehend : recondite
crotchetygiven to crotchets (see crotchet
amorousstrongly moved by love and especially sexual love
translucentpermitting the passage of light:
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
pellucidadmitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion
emollientmaking soft or supple
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning