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 |
|---|---|
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| postulate | demand |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |