GRE Word List
SEVER
to put or keep apart : divide
The meaning of the word sever is to put or keep apart : divide.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disport | sport |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| solace | to give comfort to in grief or misfortune : console |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |