GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
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|---|---|
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
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| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| unfrock | defrock |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |