GRE Word List
SERE
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sere is being dried and withered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| executor | one who executes something |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| dowse | to plunge into water |