GRE Word List
SEVER
to put or keep apart : divide
The meaning of the word sever is to put or keep apart : divide.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |