Wednesday, December 31, 2014

AUSTERE

WORD: AUSTERE

MEANING:
1. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.
2. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. See Synonyms at severe.
3. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style.
4. serious, grim, severe, rigid

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. It was a big house furnished in an austere style.
2. Ram was a rather austere figure.

PRONOUNCE:
aus·tere - ऑस्टिर / ऑस्टीर

LINK: AUSTERE

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