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 |
|---|---|
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| swill | wash |
| acetic | vinegary |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |