GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| shambles | a meat market |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |