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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| irate | roused to ire |