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 |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| colloquy | conversation |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| verge | brink |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| pastoral | of, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |