GRE Word List

PARCHED

deprived of natural moisture

The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.

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pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
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disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
ingenuea naive girl or young woman
whittlea large knife
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heraldan official at a tournament of arms (see arm
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
brawlto quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle