GRE Word List

PARCHED

deprived of natural moisture

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

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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
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
bequeathto give or leave by will (see will
ordainto invest (see invest
executeto carry out fully : put completely into effect
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
debarto bar from having or doing something : preclude
extemporaneouscomposed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence