GRE Word List
BLANCH
to take the color out of
The meaning of the word blanch is to take the color out of.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| demure | reserved |
| disclose | to make known or public |