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 |
|---|---|
| egregious | conspicuous |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| violate | break |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |