GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| betray | to lead astray |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| omniscient | having infinite awareness, understanding, and insight |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |