GRE Word List

WITHER

to become dry and sapless

The meaning of the word wither is to become dry and sapless.

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insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
migratoryof, relating to, or characterized by migration
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
composurea calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ยน/โ‚‚โ‚„ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
functionalof, connected with, or being a function