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 |
|---|---|
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |