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 |
|---|---|
| prosody | the study of versification |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| devious | wandering |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |