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 |
|---|---|
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| dour | stern |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |