GRE Word List
DESICCATE
to dry up
The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| missive | a written communication : letter |