GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |