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 |
|---|---|
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| skimp | skimpy |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |