GRE Word List

DESICCATE

to dry up

The meaning of the word desiccate is to dry up.

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WordMeaning
winsomegenerally pleasing and engaging often because of a childlike charm and innocence
grislyinspiring horror or intense fear
relegateto send into exile : banish
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
resuscitateto revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
lethargicof, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish
uxoriousexcessively fond of or submissive to a wife
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
breachinfraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard