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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |