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 |
|---|---|
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| vendetta | blood feud |