GRE Word List
SEVER
separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position
The meaning of the word sever is separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | immature; half-baked; like a sophomore |
| niggardly | meanly stingy; parsimonious; N. niggard: stingy person |
| plaster | paste that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls; V. |
| sheer | pure; thin and transparent; very steep |
| induct | place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts |
| unprecedented | having no previous example; novel; unparalleled |
| accessory | additional object; useful but not essential thing |
| wiggle | wriggle; move from side to side with irregular twisting motions |
| choir | group of people who sing together (esp. during religious services); place for choir |
| swarm | large group of insects moving in a mass; crowd of people or animals; V: move in a crowd or mass |
