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 |
|---|---|
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| warp | a series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| plumber | a dealer or worker in lead |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |