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 |
|---|---|
| nurture | training |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| defalcate | deduct |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |