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 |
|---|---|
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| impuissance | weakness |