GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |