GRE Word List
SERE
being dried and withered
The meaning of the word sere is being dried and withered.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| regime | regimen |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |