GRE Word List

PARCHED

deprived of natural moisture

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

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potentateruler
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
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moltto shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically
aberrantdeviating from the usual or natural type : atypical
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
lackadaisicallacking life, spirit, or zest : languid
fortuitousoccurring by chance
gyroscopea 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