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 |
|---|---|
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| concentric | having a common center |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |