GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| cursive | running |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |