GRE Word List

WITHER

to become dry and sapless

The meaning of the word wither is to become dry and sapless.

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staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
secessionwithdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
accedeto express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
decelerateto reduce the speed of : slow down
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
scintillaspark
padrea Christian clergyman