GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |