GRE Word List
SERE
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sere is being dried and withered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |