GRE Word List
WITHER
to become dry and sapless
The meaning of the word wither is to become dry and sapless.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratify | to be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| provenance | origin |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |