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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excisean internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
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truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
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propinquitynearness of blood : kinship
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
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