GRE Word List
DEHYDRATE
to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
The meaning of the word dehydrate is to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water.
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| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |