GRE Word List
BLANCH
to take the color out of
The meaning of the word blanch is to take the color out of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| significant | having meaning |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |