GRE Word List
WITHER
to become dry and sapless
The meaning of the word wither is to become dry and sapless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |