GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| insurgent | a person who revolts against civil authority or an established government |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| actuary | clerk |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |