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 |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |