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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |