Tutoring English, new vocabulary is always welcome. The tutor introduces the word sere.

Recently, reading “The Outsider” by Lovecraft, I noticed his use of the word sere. The context didn’t help me decide its meaning, so I had to look it up:

sere: diminished from age

Lovecraft uses words I find nowhere else. Short, unfamiliar words are particularly appealing additions to the vocabulary.

Source:

Barber, Katherine et al. Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English. Don Mills: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Classic Tales of Horror. San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2005.

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