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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| fluke | flatfish |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| predilection | an established preference for something |