GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
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|---|---|
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
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| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| ramification | branch |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
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| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |