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 |
|---|---|
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |