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Which of the following words can be defined as dry or withered? Cere, Sear, Seer, Sere.

Cere: A membranous layer, at the base of the beak of some birds such as parrots.

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briansays...

A solid question.

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Boruch Fishmansays...

Sear can also mean "to make dry or withered" as in vegetation (see Dictionary.com).

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tanksays...

"And they answered not our cheer !

The planks looked warped ! and see those sails,

How thin they are and sere !

I never saw aught like to them"

- "The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner"; Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

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in boxsays...

Seer is someone who has visions of the future.

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Colleensays...

Sere can also mean the series of stages in an ecological succession.

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