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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WordMeaning
representationalone that represents: such as
dolta stupid person
homespunspun or made at home
blackballto vote against
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
beholdenbeing under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted
reproachan expression of rebuke or disapproval
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors