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 |
|---|---|
| opus | work |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| hortatory | hortative |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |