GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| monotony | tedious sameness |