GRE Word List

PARCHED

deprived of natural moisture

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

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precludeto make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
battaliona considerable body of troops organized to act together : army
mischiefa specific injury or damage attributed to a particular agent
pastea dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls
sledgesledgehammer
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
obtusenot pointed or acute : blunt
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group