GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| obscure | dark |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |