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 |
|---|---|
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |