GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| drab | slattern |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |