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 |
|---|---|
| clime | climate |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |