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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| hortatory | hortative |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| bauble | trinket |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |