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 |
|---|---|
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| expatriate | banish |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |