GRE Word List
PARCHED
deprived of natural moisture
The meaning of the word parched is deprived of natural moisture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |