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 |
|---|---|
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| forebears | ancestor |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| delve | excavate |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |